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or is it pro romney right now? >> it's pro romney right now. if gingrich or santorum dropped out, there is no way all of the support would go to the other candidate. some of the republicans are just unhappy with all of the candidates. there were two things republican primary voters really disliked. one is the president's healthcare plan two are the bailouts from the fall of 2008. romney and gingrich have both supported parts of the healthcare plan and partings of the bailouts. >> you talk in the book about how often washington, they come to conclusions that the american people don't agree with at all, the bailout is an example. you are considered conservative and i'm considered progressive, and yet we totally agree on the bailouts. >> it is even worse than the fact it happened. it happened despite the fact that voters are overwhelmingly against it. the reason it hand there is a political class that is much more comfortable bailing out their friends than listening to voters. this is a problem that has been growing in the nation for a long time.
or is it pro romney right now? >> it's pro romney right now. if gingrich or santorum dropped out, there is no way all of the support would go to the other candidate. some of the republicans are just unhappy with all of the candidates. there were two things republican primary voters really disliked. one is the president's healthcare plan two are the bailouts from the fall of 2008. romney and gingrich have both supported parts of the healthcare plan and partings of the bailouts. >>...
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who is right. >> you have to say something. it's not just reaction but you have to be proactive when you're running for president. no one knows why mitt romney is running for president other than he's an ambitious guy. as a candidate he's in a conundrum. you don't feel there is anything that he's upset about in this country. i feel he just wants to be president. his campaign is a disaster. if he was the ceo of this company and bain took it over bain would fire mitt romney. >> cenk: that would be a nice start. michael shure, thank you, man. when we come back, more anger in the muslim world pakistan lebanon, and now people are angry at "newsweek" that shows a cover that shows that anger. i'll be on an interesting side of that campaign. >> after last week's violent protest, the unrest has spread to other parts of the world. protests in indonesia philippines, pakistan, and then kabul. [ ♪ music ♪ ] (vo) this program is presented by american express. welcome to the possibilities of membership. welcome in. american express. [ ♪
who is right. >> you have to say something. it's not just reaction but you have to be proactive when you're running for president. no one knows why mitt romney is running for president other than he's an ambitious guy. as a candidate he's in a conundrum. you don't feel there is anything that he's upset about in this country. i feel he just wants to be president. his campaign is a disaster. if he was the ceo of this company and bain took it over bain would fire mitt romney. >> cenk:...
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and hepresident.and he will set the political of romney administration. >> eliot: right now those policies don't appear to be winners. in the poll of romney and ryan, a mere 4 points. but yet women gave the president a ten-point edge over romney and when asked who would give the percentage. meanwhile, the democrats will be highlightings with wi congresswomn, geo activ fluke pr relin pro-choncy keenan. us. >> hi eliott great to be here. thanks.ot: congratulations on your speaking role, the convention, i don't want to pry too much, but was this just in the last week, or was this a long-planned >> look, it's an honor for me to speak at the convention and talkt the importance of women's health and women's abortion rights issues. because these are fundamental issues of freedom and privacy for women, and women are going to make a difference in this election. >> eliot: women are going to certainly make a difference in this election. there is still a yawning gap between the way women and men view the competing tickets. did you think a year ago that abortion rights would be front and center in the
and hepresident.and he will set the political of romney administration. >> eliot: right now those policies don't appear to be winners. in the poll of romney and ryan, a mere 4 points. but yet women gave the president a ten-point edge over romney and when asked who would give the percentage. meanwhile, the democrats will be highlightings with wi congresswomn, geo activ fluke pr relin pro-choncy keenan. us. >> hi eliott great to be here. thanks.ot: congratulations on your speaking...
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wait a second romney/ryan! romney/ryan! there we go. all right. that's great. thank you. >> cenk: oh jesus, chanted that. that was awesomely awkward. let me give you one final piece of context. the candidate leading two or three weeks following the convention has gone on to win every modern presidential election every one of them over the last 15 presidential elections. we are two or three weeks from the last convention. in fact there is only 41 days left. that's it. you are not going to make up leads like that in ohio pennsylvania florida, states that you desperately need. barring a major miracle, not a game changer, not two game changers, maybe not even three game changers, barring a major miracle this thing is already over. everybody is going to tell you all of these things because they want you to keep watching, and of course you have to vote. if you don't vote, of course you will lose. but the reality is, as the match up goes, i'm a betting man, i know when i have lost or won a game, and in this case, mitt romney has loss. all right. now when we come back
wait a second romney/ryan! romney/ryan! there we go. all right. that's great. thank you. >> cenk: oh jesus, chanted that. that was awesomely awkward. let me give you one final piece of context. the candidate leading two or three weeks following the convention has gone on to win every modern presidential election every one of them over the last 15 presidential elections. we are two or three weeks from the last convention. in fact there is only 41 days left. that's it. you are not going to...
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only mitt mitt romney can hurt paul ryan right now. >> cenk: i disagree. when ryan has said these crazy things that he wants to propose etc. rubs off on mitt romney. apparently you like that guy. you picked him as your number two guy. >> that's true. also, i've said it awhile now on the turks. he needs someone who can vouch to the conservatives that mitt romney is okay. he's got that in paul ryan. he has a savvy attractive agreeingsive guy saying that this is good for you. >> cenk: you got to understand something. it depends on how obama attacks okay? now if they soft pedal it or get overconfident, ryan could energize the conservative base and be a positive for mitt romney. but if they do to him what they did to romney? then the romney-ryan ticket is in a lot of trouble. watch for the obama team to decimate ryan, and then it could have a positive affect for the obama squad. now when we come back, we we've been covering "newsroom" a lot on this show. this is a reason for it. what they do in newsrooms across the country matter. then i got mad. here is what t
only mitt mitt romney can hurt paul ryan right now. >> cenk: i disagree. when ryan has said these crazy things that he wants to propose etc. rubs off on mitt romney. apparently you like that guy. you picked him as your number two guy. >> that's true. also, i've said it awhile now on the turks. he needs someone who can vouch to the conservatives that mitt romney is okay. he's got that in paul ryan. he has a savvy attractive agreeingsive guy saying that this is good for you. >>...
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do the voters of massachusetts say no how long that mitt romney? right now absolutely right. new poll out 56-36 not even close. twenty points. massachusetts also is the state that elected mitt romney as their governor. apparently not happy with what they got. so now another former governor of massachusetts michael dukakis had more criticism. >> when he left the state at the end of just one term, he couldn't possibly have been reelected. the states infrastructure was a wreck. that's the only way you can describe it, rusting bridges pothole roads couldn't get anything done, and everybody knows that if you can't build and maintain a first rate transportation infrastructure, you can't create jobs, so the romney record in massachusetts was frankly pathetic. >> who's right? well, let's show you the numbers and find out. where did moss moss rank? you know this is my favorite number, 47 out of the 50 in job creation during romney's term. that is disastrous. third from the bottom! how do you brag about that? >> well, when you dive into the numbers, it gets worse for mitt romney. do yo
do the voters of massachusetts say no how long that mitt romney? right now absolutely right. new poll out 56-36 not even close. twenty points. massachusetts also is the state that elected mitt romney as their governor. apparently not happy with what they got. so now another former governor of massachusetts michael dukakis had more criticism. >> when he left the state at the end of just one term, he couldn't possibly have been reelected. the states infrastructure was a wreck. that's the...
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. >> eliot: right. >> you have this incredible campaign of distortion. i talk in the book how republicans even before obama had taken office, they were always for stimulus. mitt romney of all the presidential candidates he supported the largest stimulus in 2008. but the second, january january 20, 2009, i don't know what happened, but suddenly stimulus became socialism, big government. >> eliot: it's hard to know what mitt romney has ever believed in but one point point this book is so important. the next time we have a crisis, we may get it wrong. michael shure the "the new new deal." a must read. thank you. >> thank you. >> eliot: what happens when you pull a hippo's finger? viewfinder next. when a carpet is clean and fresh, it's irresistible. experience this in your home with resolve deep clean powder. its moist powder penetrates deep, removing three times more dirt than vacuuming alone while also neutralizing odors at their source. it's a clean you can see smell, and really enjoy. resolve deep clean powder. don't just vacuum clean, resolve clean. [ t
. >> eliot: right. >> you have this incredible campaign of distortion. i talk in the book how republicans even before obama had taken office, they were always for stimulus. mitt romney of all the presidential candidates he supported the largest stimulus in 2008. but the second, january january 20, 2009, i don't know what happened, but suddenly stimulus became socialism, big government. >> eliot: it's hard to know what mitt romney has ever believed in but one point point this...
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boy was i right. thanks, you guys. >> cenk: all right well, we've got a lot on mitt romney. but i want to start with ann romney. she was in iowa. and she said something about the critics and she's fed up with it. >> recently there has been criticisms from fellow republicans. what do you say to your fellow republicans? >> stop it. this is hard. you wanna try it? get in the ring. >> cenk: stop it. just stop it. i feel like she's talking month me and i'm her household staff. stop it. you're going in the wrong direction, all right, all right. the second part i found more interesting. >> time for all americans to realize how significant this election is. and how lucky we are to have somebody with mitt's qualifications and experience and know how to be able to have the opportunity to run this country. >> cenk: god, it feels like they feel so entitled to--you don't know how lucky you are to have mitt romney in charge. and here you are still complaining about it. >> stop it. stop it. [ laughing ] all right, now look, the thing is this guy has felt entitled his entire life. we found
boy was i right. thanks, you guys. >> cenk: all right well, we've got a lot on mitt romney. but i want to start with ann romney. she was in iowa. and she said something about the critics and she's fed up with it. >> recently there has been criticisms from fellow republicans. what do you say to your fellow republicans? >> stop it. this is hard. you wanna try it? get in the ring. >> cenk: stop it. just stop it. i feel like she's talking month me and i'm her household...
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, it ain't my problem in >> right. he can hang the whole plan around mitt romney's neck. and as crazy as the republicans are, they are never done anything about the replace part. so i don't think in the end that they can or will repeal this because what would they put in its place? i think this is basically -- it's healthcare cue day tau by president obama. he has pulled it off and done what so many presidents tried to do and couldn't. and i think it's a huge feather in his cap going forward. >> thank you so much as always. >> the idea that they now get to message this in a proper way as a candidate -- >> and the president tried to do that today. he said here is what is in the bill. here is what you need to understand is coming in your direction if you reelect me. so what is in the bill and what are the advantages of it. stay right here. and when we come back the other giant news of the day, they hold the thorn general in contempt for the first time in american history, and the democrats walk out. >> what does the gent
, it ain't my problem in >> right. he can hang the whole plan around mitt romney's neck. and as crazy as the republicans are, they are never done anything about the replace part. so i don't think in the end that they can or will repeal this because what would they put in its place? i think this is basically -- it's healthcare cue day tau by president obama. he has pulled it off and done what so many presidents tried to do and couldn't. and i think it's a huge feather in his cap going...
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but when the chips were down right before the florida presidential debate it was newt gringrich or romney, and romney came up big in that debate. over all the last couple of weeks i think you have to definitely have to give the campaign edge to obama just because eric ferhstrom had that mandate penalty tax, and they were all over the place on that. and republicans stepped all over on the congressional republicans who came out of that supreme court ruling saying it's clearly a tax and that divided them. but i think this race is so close that whoever runs the better campaign is going to win this, and you don't say that every presidential election year year. >> cenk: bob cusack from the hill. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> cenk: all right, now when we come back, really surprising news about president obama and the naacp convention. why is he pulling out of it? who is going to repolice him? interesting details on that when we return. >> i know that my husband stands where he is today because of this organization. >>we talk a lot about the influence of money in po
but when the chips were down right before the florida presidential debate it was newt gringrich or romney, and romney came up big in that debate. over all the last couple of weeks i think you have to definitely have to give the campaign edge to obama just because eric ferhstrom had that mandate penalty tax, and they were all over the place on that. and republicans stepped all over on the congressional republicans who came out of that supreme court ruling saying it's clearly a tax and that...
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mitt romney is not a progressive, you're right. who cares. >> i'd repeal dodd frank. we're not going to get rid of all regulation. you have to have regulation. >> cenk: unfortunately, it worked. we'll tell you the results and we'll tell you how it worked on the show. then did president obama take it easy on romney because fox news has been charging him with being an angry black man because of this old clip. >> what is happening down in new orleans? where is your dollar? where is your money? it tells me that some how people in new orleans, they don't care about it as much. >> cenk: that is a really interesting debate. we'll have that on the show. and then toby zeigler from the "west wing"." >> it's not rocket science, it's labeled, but it takes a voter extra ten seconds to find it. >> cenk: how he would have done last night. all that and the elbow of the day. well somebody elbowed themselves. you might have been able to guess it. that's all on "the young turks." guess what time is it? you know it. you guessed that too. it's go time. >> romney: i will not under any circ
mitt romney is not a progressive, you're right. who cares. >> i'd repeal dodd frank. we're not going to get rid of all regulation. you have to have regulation. >> cenk: unfortunately, it worked. we'll tell you the results and we'll tell you how it worked on the show. then did president obama take it easy on romney because fox news has been charging him with being an angry black man because of this old clip. >> what is happening down in new orleans? where is your dollar? where...
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>> that's right. if mitt romney wants to say president obama how do you explain the fact that you said the economy would be doing better than it has been. jim lehrer can say, president obama why don't you respond. >> cenk: all right. thank you so much. it's really important tonight because this is where mitt romney has to be aggressive. this is the format to be aggressive in. because you can directly challenge the president on all issues. >> the ultimate debating. >> wwd -- worldwide debate wrestling, something like that. >> cenk: real quick, vice president gore did you have a set of lines in your head going into the debate? >> al gore: sometimes, yeah. i often had a half a dozen or so points that i wanted to remember in my head. ann romney said when mitt romney goes out for one of these debates, he writes dad at the top of the -- kind of touching seriously, i thought. it was nice. but i would immediately write down the five or six key points they wanted to be sure to try to work in somehow. because y
>> that's right. if mitt romney wants to say president obama how do you explain the fact that you said the economy would be doing better than it has been. jim lehrer can say, president obama why don't you respond. >> cenk: all right. thank you so much. it's really important tonight because this is where mitt romney has to be aggressive. this is the format to be aggressive in. because you can directly challenge the president on all issues. >> the ultimate debating. >> wwd...
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he referred to a gallup poll that has mitt romney up a little bit, right? but i don't want people to think well the polls say one thing the markets another. the reason the markets say president obama is going to win because that poll is an outliar and national poll witness be polls in the electoral battleground actually have president obama winning right? >> that's exactly what he was saying. these guys follow lines and sporting events. they were great to let us come in and do this. for me, it was incredibly cool place just to be. what he was saying is that it might seem contradict arery to some when you see that gallop poll. he knows those money guys are following the polls we see at the state level by the way national polls now. the gallop poll is an outliar and one of nine or 10 national polls, the others a different story. >> cenk: the closer we get to election is you guys were alluding to, the more certain the markets become and the more certain polls become. one of the reasons the main reason the polls are not a certainty is because things can change
he referred to a gallup poll that has mitt romney up a little bit, right? but i don't want people to think well the polls say one thing the markets another. the reason the markets say president obama is going to win because that poll is an outliar and national poll witness be polls in the electoral battleground actually have president obama winning right? >> that's exactly what he was saying. these guys follow lines and sporting events. they were great to let us come in and do this. for...
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mitt romney is significantly more right wing than george w. bush, who was already insanely right wing. but the president pointed out some of those facets in the answer. we turn to bengahzi. this is where the president was supposed to be in trouble. mitt romney accused i am half making. political. >> obama: the suggestion that anybody on my team, secretary of state our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own governor, is offensive. that's not what we do. that's not what i do as president. that's not what i do as command center chief. >> cenk: now i'm going to say controversial here, but i don't believe him. i think they did make it political. i think they make things political all the time. nonetheless, he said it very forcefully and seemed to have won over the crowd. do you want to keep going governor? >> obama: proceed, governor. >> cenk: oh, he made the makes of proceeding. watch what happened next. >> romney: i think it's interesting that the president said something interesting. on
mitt romney is significantly more right wing than george w. bush, who was already insanely right wing. but the president pointed out some of those facets in the answer. we turn to bengahzi. this is where the president was supposed to be in trouble. mitt romney accused i am half making. political. >> obama: the suggestion that anybody on my team, secretary of state our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own governor, is offensive....
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. >> mitt romney, i believe he's the right person for the job and i think this primary has been productive and constructive and it has made the candidates better. we're entering a phase where it would be counterproductive. >> it seems like they're saying, well, what am i going to do? it seems like its mitt. >> first of all, how account candidate get better in this primary, really, they're so amazing as it is. literally how inspiring was that? the delegate mass. yeh. that was a passionate endorsement. >> jayar as you look at the videos. you're the one who put these together. have you ever seen endorsements that were more milk toast. >> that's the thing. i've seen it over and over again how you may say how you're going to be so excited about someone. you know they're lying but they have to do it that way. they did it honest. he's here. no one else can win. i asked others if he would win but they're not in. i don't know how you're being so honest but lying about it at the same time. >> they're in politics. michael hastings. i look at that, and i think, are they going to have a problem with th
. >> mitt romney, i believe he's the right person for the job and i think this primary has been productive and constructive and it has made the candidates better. we're entering a phase where it would be counterproductive. >> it seems like they're saying, well, what am i going to do? it seems like its mitt. >> first of all, how account candidate get better in this primary, really, they're so amazing as it is. literally how inspiring was that? the delegate mass. yeh. that was a...
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come on. >> cenk: also, if they want to get rid of gridlock, endorsic romney is right. the republicans will do what they want, and then gridlock goes away, but they're not pointing at the people who caused the gridlock in the first place. >> cenk: you're not a plumber. you're not a dentist this is your job. and it sounds like a great idea, let the oil companies run our energy policies, awesome. let's the banks run our financial policies, awesome. no things that are disappointing, and things we can't understand, here is a prediction on what is going to happen on the election. >> the burden of proof is against you that you're going to get re-elected. if the president is sitting at 47% at polls, boy i would be shocked if he won. >> cenk: you would be shocked? we just showed you that he has a 95% chance of having a lead in states that would give him 277 electoral votes. michael, what's wrong with these people? does he understand politics at all. >> i hear what he's saying. i'm not depending him but its surpriseing to see an incumbent president win at 47% in an election. but
come on. >> cenk: also, if they want to get rid of gridlock, endorsic romney is right. the republicans will do what they want, and then gridlock goes away, but they're not pointing at the people who caused the gridlock in the first place. >> cenk: you're not a plumber. you're not a dentist this is your job. and it sounds like a great idea, let the oil companies run our energy policies, awesome. let's the banks run our financial policies, awesome. no things that are disappointing,...
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up next there's been a mitt romney siting. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. v ♪ >>> it is not like we needed any more proof that mitt romney just isn't the guy you want in your corner, but we got some. [ cheers ] >> the former presidential candidate was ring side in vegas this weekend when juan manuel marquez knocked out mani pacquiao pacquiao. he reported said hi mani i'm mitt romney. i ran for president and lost. join us to talk about this is the king of excitement david shuster. >> oh, man. thank you. >> did you know that mitt romney was a big boxing fan? >> no who knew he had any time for anything besides fox hunting or watching the staff wash down his horses after a race. >> we found out he has plenty of spare time apparently. >> for mani pacquiao was told there's no way you could possibly lose to judges from michigan, a
up next there's been a mitt romney siting. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. v ♪ >>> it is not like we needed any more proof that mitt romney just isn't the guy you want in your corner, but we got some. [ cheers ] >> the former presidential candidate was ring side in vegas this...
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and there's no hope for the future right now. california is the ghost of christmas future for the republican party. this is what they are headed towards, because the latinos have wholly abandoned republicans in california and asian american voters. >> so when i listen to you say that, what can republicans possibly do anyway? whoever it is that is sort of bringing this party back up in california, if they look at the national party what does the national party want with them? >> similar issues. issue number is immigration. this goes back to 1994. pete wilson aired an ad when he ran for governor here and said they keep coming. latinos still talk about how offensive that is. he is known as a name that we can't say on basic cable. >> let's look at that ad pete wilson. >> they keep coming, 2 million illegal immigrants in california. the federal government requires us to pay billions to take care of it. governor pete wilson sent the national guard to help the border patrol. >> so he won that election. it's 18 years ago not 30 years ago
and there's no hope for the future right now. california is the ghost of christmas future for the republican party. this is what they are headed towards, because the latinos have wholly abandoned republicans in california and asian american voters. >> so when i listen to you say that, what can republicans possibly do anyway? whoever it is that is sort of bringing this party back up in california, if they look at the national party what does the national party want with them? >>...
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they had mitt romney back on his heels, right? defending, defending, defending. they have an ad out there defending bain capital. what they have done by going after cory booker is mitt romney put him back on his heels saying look at the mess -- >> you are on to something there. there is this ironic effect where we're talking more about bain. so even though romney is using booker's words against president obama there is still the question of wait what did you do at bain? they generally say it like maximizing profits is notbb the job of a president. but they would suck the life out of companies and put it in their pockets. >> and then somebody like mitt romney is paying 13.9% in taxes. and that's what they should be talking about -- they shouldn't be vilifying cory booker though for something he said on a morning talk show -- >> that's what i agree with. he is one of the guys who in order to function and win the next election he has to go begging to wall street. >> he has ambitions to go higher in new jersey -- >> my point here michael about the democratic party is
they had mitt romney back on his heels, right? defending, defending, defending. they have an ad out there defending bain capital. what they have done by going after cory booker is mitt romney put him back on his heels saying look at the mess -- >> you are on to something there. there is this ironic effect where we're talking more about bain. so even though romney is using booker's words against president obama there is still the question of wait what did you do at bain? they generally say...
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and then they got in this area of abortion and women's rights. it has not come up that much, and then after after the polls after the debate mitt romney made up a huge amount of ground among women. why are they not focusing more on women especially with a woman moderating the debate last night. >> i was frustrated last week at the presidential debates that obama and the democrats, and obama's campaign has been making a full-throated pitch to women on reproductive rights by pointing out extreme the house republicans have been from which paul ryan comes. how extreme the republican main treatment is on the issue of women's bodies. but obama missed a chance to bring it up last week. he could have made a direct pitch. because he seemed uninspired over all he allowed romney to fill the gaps. the last thing that they want to do the last thing that the republicans want to do is bring up quote/unquote women issues which they like to call life issues because they see women as incubators. although i was frustrated that it was brought up as a religious quest
and then they got in this area of abortion and women's rights. it has not come up that much, and then after after the polls after the debate mitt romney made up a huge amount of ground among women. why are they not focusing more on women especially with a woman moderating the debate last night. >> i was frustrated last week at the presidential debates that obama and the democrats, and obama's campaign has been making a full-throated pitch to women on reproductive rights by pointing out...
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. >> a lot of policies that you and i have been talking about that the president supported mitt romney supported them, too. is he going to go further right again or is he going to speak before see pac and give them tough medicine? it's a hard one. michael, the biggest problem that i've seen in this town since i first came here and worked in the united states senate is that the republican party has been taken over by extremists, and the more they're taken over by the extremists, the more 15 guys sign the letter to the president telling him to withdraw the nomination of chuck hagel, they all look like they're out of step, like they don't get it. >> michael: here's hoping that they never do. here is political strategist peter fenn. thank you for your time. >>> the president has not had a smooth road with his cabinet pick so far. and violence and tragedy in few episodes were as tragic as the birmingham burch bombing. that story is just ahead right here in the war room. for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentar
. >> a lot of policies that you and i have been talking about that the president supported mitt romney supported them, too. is he going to go further right again or is he going to speak before see pac and give them tough medicine? it's a hard one. michael, the biggest problem that i've seen in this town since i first came here and worked in the united states senate is that the republican party has been taken over by extremists, and the more they're taken over by the extremists, the more...
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look, i don't mean you should vote for romney. to me that is so obvious right? but apparently it's not obvious to people at home. that's why president obama has to do a much better job at these debates because they aren't theoretical. they're not patty cakes. it causes people to vote for the other guy. nonetheless, don't panic average all the polls that obama is up 48-47%. it's not a big lead but it's still a lead. and the swing states. well, if obama has the lead of over 2.5 percentage points that means its still comfortably in his category. you have wisconsin, nevada iowa and ohio. if he wins those those are comfortable leads for the moment being in those states, then he gets 290 electoral votes. he needs 270 and he wins comfortably. will he get those swing states? well, "huffington post"," their pollster did an analyst according to the polls he still has a 91% chance of winning in ohio and 71% chance in winning in colorado. those are incredible good numbers. the presidential pick, these are the guys who are in the market who is been to win this is people voti
look, i don't mean you should vote for romney. to me that is so obvious right? but apparently it's not obvious to people at home. that's why president obama has to do a much better job at these debates because they aren't theoretical. they're not patty cakes. it causes people to vote for the other guy. nonetheless, don't panic average all the polls that obama is up 48-47%. it's not a big lead but it's still a lead. and the swing states. well, if obama has the lead of over 2.5 percentage points...
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right now before florida he has more delegates than mitt romney. they need 1,144 delegates to win the nomination. this is just a tiny battle in a very large war. i would remind, if i were--not that i would ever be advising newt gringrich, this is what is going on in their war room is that they're strategizing the long game, not the short game. they'll be reminding their supporters. i'll say one other thing he bettering placing a call toot sweet to shea he hadel he eddlson. >> i would hoping hopeing that somebody would use the word "toot sweet" in this edition: and you're going to be in the war room tonight. >> this is our inaugural show, so we have a superstar. everyone has been following the massachusetts to-about senator elizabeth warren. i want to take people behind the scenes of what is really going on inside of campaigns. we're visiting the mother of all war rooms, which is the obama war room in chicago to meet with their people and to give folks a peek inside as to what the organization looks there. >> everybody check that out at 9:00 eastern
right now before florida he has more delegates than mitt romney. they need 1,144 delegates to win the nomination. this is just a tiny battle in a very large war. i would remind, if i were--not that i would ever be advising newt gringrich, this is what is going on in their war room is that they're strategizing the long game, not the short game. they'll be reminding their supporters. i'll say one other thing he bettering placing a call toot sweet to shea he hadel he eddlson. >> i would...
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does mitt romney want to restrict voting rights for more than 900,000 veterans? because if you are retired you are no longer covered. that means the early voting law which mitt romney wants to undo provided hundreds of thousands of more veterans to vote. so that would really be the story -- >> that shows that shannon breem is a liar. yeah. that story inflamed by the romney camp patently false. the president's campaign trying to keep expanded voting rights in place for everyone military included. >> so almost exactly the opposite -- >> opposite of what she said. >> stephanie: restricting the voting rights of over 9,000 military veterans. it clearly results in the disenfranchisement of voters. this is so blatant to try to -- >> isn't there some way of holding fox accountable for lying about that. >> stephanie: that's so cute. that is the most hopeful thing he has ever said. [♪ romantic music ♪] >> they can say whatever they want. >> stephanie: they just report. you decide. >> yeah. >> stephanie: 46 minutes after the hour -- >> they report the lies -- >> stephan
does mitt romney want to restrict voting rights for more than 900,000 veterans? because if you are retired you are no longer covered. that means the early voting law which mitt romney wants to undo provided hundreds of thousands of more veterans to vote. so that would really be the story -- >> that shows that shannon breem is a liar. yeah. that story inflamed by the romney camp patently false. the president's campaign trying to keep expanded voting rights in place for everyone military...
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mitt romney in that tea party far-right element, he's loseing support rapidly among latino voters. just from 2008 to this election cycle, there are 2.4 million more u.s.-born hispanic who credit "v" come of voting age. that's a 26% increase overall in latino voters since the 2008 election. and they fully makeup almost 9% of the electorate nationwide. so they will be in many instance instances, determining what the outcome of these elections will be. >> eliot: look you're right not only on the substance you and i have had this conversation many times prior months on this show and off you're right. on the political level i'm surprised that mitt romney made the decision to run back to the middle, but made it too late in terms of tomorrow's outcome thankfully and on issues like immigration has led the republican party down a dead-end because the california is the perfect case study where it could be fought by either party primarily because of the latino vote is squarely democratic state. i think that's what the future holds for the republican party unless they change their ideology on
mitt romney in that tea party far-right element, he's loseing support rapidly among latino voters. just from 2008 to this election cycle, there are 2.4 million more u.s.-born hispanic who credit "v" come of voting age. that's a 26% increase overall in latino voters since the 2008 election. and they fully makeup almost 9% of the electorate nationwide. so they will be in many instance instances, determining what the outcome of these elections will be. >> eliot: look you're right...
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. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right, back on "the young turks." speaking of information you should take with a grain of salt. cbs is reporting two different things. first of all the fbi will be releasing a photo of the guy to see if someone knows him can identify him. again don't take afghanistan action on your own. and they'll report that tomorrow. we'll zoo how that turns out. even more speck at a live from cnn. reporting that it was a white guy with a baseball cap turned backwards which describes approximately 50% of boston. don't do anything to white guys with baseball caps turned backwards in botch. that's also crazy. that's the latest. i also wanted to let you know that the president also got a letter filled with poison. we were talking about how the senators from mississippi got one. two senators got letters, also the president. they're all okay. they were caught ahead of time
. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right, back on "the young turks." speaking of information you should take with a grain of salt. cbs is reporting two different things. first of all the fbi will be releasing a photo of the guy to see if someone knows him can identify him. again don't take afghanistan action on your...
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right now romney is pulling four points ahead in illinois. if romney is able to pick one of these off it will be a surprise and the first surprising finish in this race in quite awhile. the missouri-coloradocolorado-minnesota was a surprise. so there is a chance for mitt romney to pull a surprise in alabama and mississippi, but he has got to go against newt gringrich and nothing really gets the electorate going like a good leonard wood reference. >> michael shure in montgomery, alabama. i need you to eat cheese grits but definitely not cheesy grits. >> i promise i won't. i've had grits. i've had plenty of grits but i haven't had any with cheese yet. >> go for it and see how that turns out. when we come back, the new sarah palin movie "game change," it's disastrous for sarah palin. but there is a bigger loser from that movie. >> if you're going to consider the governor of alaska, we have to call her now. ah, claim trouble. [ dennis ] you should just switch to allstate, and get their new claim satisfaction guarantee. hey, he's right man. [ denn
right now romney is pulling four points ahead in illinois. if romney is able to pick one of these off it will be a surprise and the first surprising finish in this race in quite awhile. the missouri-coloradocolorado-minnesota was a surprise. so there is a chance for mitt romney to pull a surprise in alabama and mississippi, but he has got to go against newt gringrich and nothing really gets the electorate going like a good leonard wood reference. >> michael shure in montgomery, alabama. i...
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. >> i mean, touching, right? i don't know if they showed the dodge in the ad, but i have a dodge. i have two. i don't >> it's like a mitt romney with your two dodges. look at that. >> but doing things for you. who are the haters now? >> i liked it. it's paul harvey's voice, it's great, it's nostalgic for guys like me, michael and guys older than us. >> not because we farmed. >> no, i never hit anything with clay, a skeet, and i never farmed. i think it's good. i don't know if it's effective in many ways. >> i thought it was beautifully done. i liked it. it was a two-minute ad, and it was about $4 million per 30 seconds to advertise in the super bowl. that could have been a $16 million ad. at the end of the day i didn't feel like it was effective in making me want to buy a car. >> and they could afford it with jayar buying dodges all the time time. >> i think for the same reasons for that it annoyed me last year and i felt validateed in that annoyance of clint eastwood's performance. >> and they put the jeep in an ad. >> there will an seat left open. a light left on because in your
. >> i mean, touching, right? i don't know if they showed the dodge in the ad, but i have a dodge. i have two. i don't >> it's like a mitt romney with your two dodges. look at that. >> but doing things for you. who are the haters now? >> i liked it. it's paul harvey's voice, it's great, it's nostalgic for guys like me, michael and guys older than us. >> not because we farmed. >> no, i never hit anything with clay, a skeet, and i never farmed. i think it's...
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. >> michael: right. it's like republican internal polls that showed romney winning. how common is this practice now? >> it's actually all together too common. it's not that this happens on every single project, but it's certainly a standard procedure to have this kind of report be written by the companies seeking to either build pipe lines or other projects like this. but the real question isn't what is in the environmental impact statement, it's what secretary of state john kerry and president obama are going to do about it. it's still their decision as to whether or not the keystone pipeline is in the national interest. so even though you can look at this statement as really compromised, it is still up to them to decide what to do going forward. >> michael: do they now have political cover to approve keystone pipeline because of a report like this? >> i think that's possibly what they are hoping for, and certainly as you mentioned the friday document dump suggests this is a very concerted action. but that's not to say that that's a forgone conclusion and increasing
. >> michael: right. it's like republican internal polls that showed romney winning. how common is this practice now? >> it's actually all together too common. it's not that this happens on every single project, but it's certainly a standard procedure to have this kind of report be written by the companies seeking to either build pipe lines or other projects like this. but the real question isn't what is in the environmental impact statement, it's what secretary of state john kerry...
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. >> i think you are entirely right. i just laughed because it's like why would they be nervous about that? they are running against the wall street candidate, mitt romney. >> yeah, but there are two democratic senator from minnesota are trying to push through a bill or legislation that is going to restrict the way securities are managed but what is cool about this is that exxon mobil and delta airlines are with them. they are supporting this bill and they can't seem to get any traction on it for the moment. >> i love that point. but think about that guys the banks are so strong. the banks that are crying that they don't have enough representation in congress they are so strong that they are overwhelming exxon mobil. because they are making so much money off of that speculation. and it is costing all of those guys. i hope they press forward on it. james hohmann from political, thank you so much. great analysis. and michael shure our own political consultant as well. when we come back our continuing theories on climate ch
. >> i think you are entirely right. i just laughed because it's like why would they be nervous about that? they are running against the wall street candidate, mitt romney. >> yeah, but there are two democratic senator from minnesota are trying to push through a bill or legislation that is going to restrict the way securities are managed but what is cool about this is that exxon mobil and delta airlines are with them. they are supporting this bill and they can't seem to get any...
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it's happening right in front of our eyes. it's amazing. our reports mitt romney is winning. he's getting more money this month. that must mean he's really good. no he's corruptible. he takes more bribes. this is outrageous. there is a guy who is outraged by it. and there is fun twist to this. senator john mccain who ran against senator obama the last time around. >> am i concerned about the incredible amount of money washing around? >> the money from the foreign casino you say it's tantamount of foreign money going into the campaign. >> the fact is the system is broken. i predict there will be scandals, and i predict there will be reform again. >> cenk: yes, there are already scandals. we're in the middle of a scandal but no one is noticing. they're giving a huge amount of money to one of the candidates. that's a huge scandal. so now let's go back to mitt romney and his 150,000 donors who are going to utah. who are they going to meet with. these are the lovely politicians they can buy. baker, mary matalin. karl rove, he should not be coordinating with romney. condoleezza ric
it's happening right in front of our eyes. it's amazing. our reports mitt romney is winning. he's getting more money this month. that must mean he's really good. no he's corruptible. he takes more bribes. this is outrageous. there is a guy who is outraged by it. and there is fun twist to this. senator john mccain who ran against senator obama the last time around. >> am i concerned about the incredible amount of money washing around? >> the money from the foreign casino you say it's...
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half of the republicans voting right now want romney. one on one that's what santorum wants. >> santorum wants one on one and romney does not. so he will do whatever he can to keep again rich in the race. >> please stay in. >> gingrich's main funder is sheldon adelson who has been playing footsie a little bit with romney. romney may talk to adelson about keeping gingrich in the race long enough to have santorum and gingrich. >> you can coordinate with somebody else's super p.a.c. but not your own. >> exact. now, if for some reason romney ended up coming out ahead in one or both of these states and obviously his path is a lot clearer. >> with youone exception, you are right, romney is the front-runner and will remain the front-runner after tonight. there is some math that says even if romney wins most of the state, he citystill might not havehave -- >> right. >> 11,044 delegates the first week in june when all of the delegations are over. >> they are going to try to defense to keep him from it? >> yeah. >> exactly. it will be an interesti
half of the republicans voting right now want romney. one on one that's what santorum wants. >> santorum wants one on one and romney does not. so he will do whatever he can to keep again rich in the race. >> please stay in. >> gingrich's main funder is sheldon adelson who has been playing footsie a little bit with romney. romney may talk to adelson about keeping gingrich in the race long enough to have santorum and gingrich. >> you can coordinate with somebody else's...
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but this just adds to it. >> all right. thank you very much michael and when we come back we'll talk about the substance of his education program when we return. >> what are you going to do first? >> i wish i could tell you this is a place to find really cheap or free money, but that's just not going to happen. ♪ viewer for hershey's air delight. >>mommy, you're so smart, i feel like you know everything. >>you can ask me anything, anytime honey. >>mom, how do you say "hello" in spanish? >>hola. >>hey mommy, how many miles are there to the moon? >>238,854. >>hey mom, are ninjas still a big problem? >>no, honey. >>ha! >>hey mom, how do they get the bubbles into the hershey's air delight? >>i don't know, but it's delicious. >>[both laugh] >>hershey's air delight milk chocolate. a lighter, airier, meltier hershey's happiness. >>> this country has always made a commitment to put a good education within the reach of all who are willing to work for it. that's what makes us special. that's what made us economic super power. that'
but this just adds to it. >> all right. thank you very much michael and when we come back we'll talk about the substance of his education program when we return. >> what are you going to do first? >> i wish i could tell you this is a place to find really cheap or free money, but that's just not going to happen. ♪ viewer for hershey's air delight. >>mommy, you're so smart, i feel like you know everything. >>you can ask me anything, anytime honey. >>mom, how...